Wanderings.

About 17 years ago, I graduated from High School, and one of the nice gifts I got was a $25 Gift Certificate from The Gap from Jeff, Becky and Jason. Apparently, I never spent it, and it cropped up a couple of years ago when i was going through a storage bin full of keepsakes, etc. It then moved to my inbox where it stayed for a couple of years.

I would have spent it sooner* but I wanted to share it with someone. Then I remembered it when I was going to see Diana, that she used to shop at The Gap a lot. So Diana, McKarthy and I went to the Gap to combine our gift certificates and get a gift…

We looked around The Gap trying to find something either one of us or McKarty would or could wear. Nothing was really striking me. Nice clothes, just nothing that fit in with my other stuff now. And Diana was the same way. The Gap had moved on to the next generation. And we had “fallen into The Gap”** so to speak.

Then Diana spotted a purse that our friend Erika might enjoy! Or even if she doesn’t it might end up running through her sewing machine one way or another to create pure excellence of the best possible kind….It was under $25, so that would allow Diana to keep her certificate until she saw something she liked…and would allow us to turn my old paper one into something someone could enjoy….***

We weren’t sure what to expect from a 17 year old gift certificate, but Nemi spoke with the cash register for a while and made it work! GAP earned points in my book, and Nemi definitely did.

Happy Birthday Erika! We like your slippers!!*****

* “Sooner” meant sometime in the last 2 years – not in the last 17…
** ‘Fall into The Gap’ was one of their advertising things back in The Day.
*** I’m honoring our friend with these ellipses.
**** It has been brought to my attention that I am eternally sipping on a cup of tea.
***** “I don’t know why I said that” – Andrea